Thursday, April 15, 2010

So thing have been quite hectic around the store. With NSD prep going on and all the products arriving it's getting very busy. Zva Creative bling and pearls have been put out and they are just gorgeous!!!. Also recently we received more Impression Obsession stamps, Hero Arts , Whiff of Joy, Belles and Whistles and Hampton Art Footlong stamps. We received the newest issues of Scrapbook Cards, Scrapbook Trends and For the Home. I don't think I have ever mentioned here that these magazines have gone down in price.Scrapbook Cards was $24.95 and now $14.95Scrapbook Trends was $18.95 and now $12.95For The Home Or Mini Albums was $22.95 now $13.95These magazines have always been popular but people were hesitant because of the price, well at these new prices, they should fly. They are some of the best magazines on the market today.

Oh I almost forgot, we received a whole bunch of EK Success NEW border punches as well as a stack of Martha Stewart border and corner punches.For those of you who love those little square alphabets, well we just got a whole stack of them fron Adorn-it. So many colors. People can't seem to buy just one!

For those of you who registered for National Scrapbook Day, don't forget the balance os due by April 20th,2010.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

So last week I got to attend a show in the Boston area where I got to take a bunch of classes. Then on the Monday I spent the whole day in a class with Jennifer McGuire and Tim Holtz. These 2 people have creativity just oozing out of there fingers. I am going to now tell you some must haves I learned about in those classes.Distress Inks: wild honey,barn door, peeled paint,broken china,pumice stone, walnut stain, scattered straw, shabby shutters,vintage photo and chipped sapphire (to name a few)Perfect Pearls: perfect pearl color, metallicsAlcohol Ink: any colors that appeal to youDistress Ink Re-inkersRock Candy Crackle Paint!!!Mini MistersInk Blending Tools with lots of foams and feltsTim Holtz Tonic Scissors - The best!Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas (available in 2 sizes)Claudine Hellmuth Multi Medium and acrylic paintsTim's Idea-ology line. I have a complete new respect for this lineHero Arts Friends Definition Stamp, all the new Hero arts stamps just releasedHero Arts Hero Hues cards, envelopes, layering paper, flowers and gems(they all co-ordinate)Impression Obsession Backgrounds and Rocker BlockImpression Obsession shake-it pouches (out of stock at the moment)

These are just a few things I fell in love with.Now as for things that have come in:New Magenta Items,New Stampavie stamps(some from all designers)The Greeting Farm (old and new)Basic Grey Kioshi and Green at HeartRe-stock of Perfect Pearls and Alcohol InksBo Bunny has 6 new linesNew Spellbinders,Tim Holtz Sizzix Dies (disappearing very fast)New sizzix diesPaper Loft Dude Line(1 of my favorite masculine lines from CHA)PetalooQueen & Co.Cute new Sassafras Lass linesand so much more!!!!